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******************************** PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents The TelecomDirect News Daily Update For March 31, 2006 ******************************** Portugal Telecom Reports 50.1% Y/Y African Mobile Growth to 5.32 mil. http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17319?11228 In June 2005, PT announced that it was consolidating its dozen or so African holdings into a single holding company, PT Africa). Following the acquisition of a majority stake in a Congolese mobile operator and the acquisition of a 34% stake in Namibian mobile operator MTC, PT Africa now holds stakes in three fixed-line operators, six... EU Approves Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse Deal http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17315?11228 The European Union (EU) has approved the joint-venture agreement between Carphone Warehouse Group and Virgin Mobile Holdings that will see Virgin Mobile sell its products at the 185 French stores of Carphone Warehouse. According to Dow Jones, the two companies will split the revenue, although there is no forecast yet of how much that... Broadband USA http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/110/17310?11228 As U.S. carriers try to shore up falling revenues from consumer voice services by adding more "high value" business customers, enterprise users are looking for more broadband capabilities and better roaming deals from the cellular giants. "Top of my list is broadband, high-speed connectivity and international roaming charges," says... CompTel Takes FCC To Court On Verizon Default http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/130/17307?11228 The CompTel competitive-carrier association filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission for its controversial deadline slippage that allowed a Verizon deregulation request to be granted by default after no official action was taken. The legal challenge -- via a petition for review made in the U.S. Court of Appeals... Sprint Nextel Outlines EV-DO Expansion http://www.telecomdirectnews.com/do.php/100/17306?11228 Sprint Nextel is moving full speed ahead into EV-DO technology, with plans to have its Power Vision network reach 190 million people in the United States by the close of 2006, the carrier says. Sprint also is committing to Revision A upgrades beginning in the second half of this year. Sprint intends to begin offering customers the... Copyright (C) 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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